Tray
late 18th century (made)
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Tray of hard-paste porcelain painted with enamels and gilded. Moulded in the form of a vine leaf, gilt-edged, with a stalk forming a handle. Painted in the middle with a garden scene.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Hard-paste porcelain painted with enamels, moulded and gilded |
| Brief description | Tray of hard-paste porcelain, Cozzi pottery factory, Venice, late 18th century. |
| Physical description | Tray of hard-paste porcelain painted with enamels and gilded. Moulded in the form of a vine leaf, gilt-edged, with a stalk forming a handle. Painted in the middle with a garden scene. |
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| Marks and inscriptions | An anchor (In red) |
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| Credit line | Given by Mrs Herbert Allen (Maude Louise Allen) |
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| Bibliographic reference | D'Agliano, Andreina, ed. Porcellane Italiane dalla Collezione Lokar, Silvana Editoriale, Milan, 2013. Published with dual text in Italian and English. The Cozzi section was catalogued by Luca Melegati. In its introduction, 71p, he states: 'Of the many readily recognizable decorations characteristic of the manufactory, the bersò a merlo d'oro, with its views of Italian gardens, remains one of the most successful.' There are two examples of items with this decoration in the Lokar collection, nos. 42 and 43. In the entry for no. 42, a plate, he states: 'The decoration described as 'a bersò', includes figures mingling under the porticoes and pergolas of Venetian villas. Such scenes were usually taken from poetical compositions and frontispieces dedicated to noble Venetian women (see Pettoello 2005, p. 645). Popular at the Cozzi factory, these idylls went on being produced after this date [1770-75]...' |
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| Accession number | C.144-1922 |
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| Record created | June 24, 2009 |
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